04/24/2016

04/17/2016

Based on an interview of President Obama by Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, April 10, 2016

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04/08/2016

Protesters shouted "black youth are not super predators," a phrasethen-first lady Hillary Clinton used in a 1996 speech about violent crime by young people

They heckled Bill Clinton for the 1994 crime bill that cracked downon gangs but put more non-violent offenders in prison for longer stays

Protesters shouted over Clinton, ignoring his responses and invoking ties to Wall StreetClinton said, "I love protesters -- but the ones that won't let you answerare afraid of the truth. That's a simple rule.”

He said tougher criminal penalties were necessary to get Republicans on boardwith the bill, which also included an assault weapons ban, money for police officersand out-of-school activities for inner-city children"I talked to a lot of African-American groups.They thought black lives mattered; they said take this billbecause our kids are being shot in the street by gangs.”

He defended Hillary Clinton's use of the phrase "super predators.” "I don't know how you would characterize gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped upon crack, and sent them out in the streets to murder other African-American children,"the former president said. “Maybe you thought they were good citizens -- she didn’t.”

Hillary Clinton was confronted by protesters earlier this yearover use of the term. "They are often the kinds of kidsthat are called 'super predators,'" Clinton said in a 1996 speech,when crime was a major public concern, according to polls at the time

"No conscience, no empathy, we can talk about why they ended up that way,but first we have to bring them to heel."After the protest incident in February,Clinton's campaign put out a statement saying she shouldn't have used those words

in a 1996 speech when crime was amajor public concern according to polls at the time

04/06/2016

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